Pierson won by walkover against Colorado's Julyette Steur in the first round and defeated Auburn's Michaela Kucherova 6-3, 6-1 in the second round. Pierson battles Pepperdine's Matea Cutura in the third round Sunday with the winner advancing to Monday's qualifying round.

Xi and Faure each went 1-1. Xi posted a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over Dartmouth's Katherine Yau before losing in the second round to UCLA's Chanelle Nguyen 6-1, 6-1. Faure beat Texas' Elizabeth Begley 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in the first round, but dropped a tough three-set match 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 to DePaul's Jasmin Kling in the second round.

Peretz and Faure were eliminated in first round of pre-qualifying doubles after an 8-5 loss to Harvard's Amanda Lin and June Lee.

Pre-qualifying features a singles draw of 64 and a doubles draw of 32. Each player or doubles pair must win three rounds in order to advance to the qualifying draw. A total of eight singles players and four doubles duos move on to qualifying from pre-qualifying play.

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